coronavirus

On Wednesday, 1553 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Lithuania. Overall, the country has already announced 29 812 cases.

The Lithuanian government approved on Wednesday the Health Ministry's proposal to acquire 1.5 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine from Sanofi and GSK.

On Tuesday, 1433 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Lithuania. In total, the country has already confirmed 28 262 coronavirus cases.

The first coronavirus vaccine dozes could reach Lithuania as early as January, the country's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says.

On Monday, Lithuania recorded 1109 new coronavirus cases. In total, 26 841 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic.

As Lithuania has started three-weeks national lockdown on Saturday, the number of new COVID-19 cases keep staying high. On Sunday, 1056 new coronavirus cases were recorded.

People coming from four countries or their parts on Europe's COVID-19 map will have to self-isolate in Lithuania as of Monday, the country's Health Ministry said on Friday.

As the number of coronavirus cases spiked in Lithuania in October, people made rarer visits to places of public gatherings, offices and spend more time at home and around their homes.

The Lithuanian Armed Forces currently have over 200 positive coronavirus cases, twice as many as a week ago.

On Thursday, 1656 new COVID-19 cases were detected in Lithuania. In total, the country has already announced 20 747 coronavirus cases since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Lithuanian laboratories have reached their COVID-19 testing capacity limits, the deputy director of the National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory (NPHS) said on Friday.

A coronavirus exposure notification app has been launched in Lithuania. Free to download from Google Play and App Store, the KoronaStopLT app will record people's closeness to infected people.

On Wednesday, 999 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Lithuania. Overall, the country has already detected 19 091 coronavirus cases.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects the coronavirus situation to stabilize in the next three weeks of lockdown, allowing the government to start gradually ease or lift some of the lockdown restrictions.

The Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to place the country under a three-week nationwide lockdown from Saturday in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

On Tuesday 639 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Lithuania. In total, 18 092 COVID-19 cases have been detected in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic.

On Monday, 897 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Lithuania. In total, the country has already announced 17453 coronavirus cases.

Only half of Lithuanian residents would get a coronavirus vaccine once it is become available, and the same proportion of Lithuanians would refuse to get vaccinated, a public survey by Vilmorus for BNS has revealed.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Friday called on people to refrain from family gatherings this long weekend amid the continuing spike in coronavirus cases.

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga on Friday did not rule out introducing a nationwide quarantine amid the worsening coronavirus situation.